Workers trapped for more than a week in a Chinese gold mine have asked rescuers to send pickles and porridge
The postponed Tokyo Olympics are to open in six months on July 23
China reports its economy grew 2.3% in 2020 as a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic accelerated while the United States, Europe and Japan struggled with disease outbreaks
Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong is heading back to prison after a South Korean court handed him a two and a half-year sentence for his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is vowing to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection
Chinese state media say 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week after an explosion in a gold mine are alive
South Korean court sentences Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong to 2 ½ years in prison over corruption case
